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Oct 2, 2019
2 min

Air Fryer Roasted Pear Salad

Fresh pears are finally coming into the markets, but they often aren't ripe enough to eat "as is." That makes roasting the pears for a salad a good option. Roasted, the pears soften and caramelize, making them creamy, sweet, and rich tasting. They pair--no pun intended--well with bitter greens or sweet greens like spinach or spring mix and salty blue cheese. You could roast the pears in the regular oven, but why? The pears cook more quickly and evenly in the air fryer, a

Apr 30, 2019
2 min

Quick, No Mix Needed Caramel-Pear Cake

Yes, cake mixes are easy and yield quite nice cakes with minimum fuss. Nonetheless, sometimes you want a different sort of cake--one from scratch that actually tastes homemade, but that doesn't require too much work. This Caramel-Pear Cake fits the bill nicely. It's moist, not too sweet, and actually pretty healthy as cakes go. Even better, the cake is quick to mix up. I bake two loaves, which makes sharing easier, but you could certainly bake the cake in a tube or bundt

Jan 29, 2019
2 min

Air Fryer Pear, Spinach, and Goat Cheese Salad

The air fryer is quite handy for roasting vegetables and fruits, like pears for this Pear, Spinach, and Goat Cheese Salad. The pears caramelize on the edges during their stint in the air fryer and come out soft, warm, and sweet. A scattering of earthy, nutty goat cheese provides contrast and toasts up to warm creaminess on top of the pears. The pears nestle in a bed of fresh baby spinach scattered with bright carrots and sliced green onions. While the pears "air fry," you

Dec 22, 2018
6 min

In the Advent Kitchen -- December 22

Kale and Beet Salad Masala Pear Muffins Stuffed Butternut Squash Applesauce Cake Tonight’s dinner includes a few dishes that highlight the tastes of the season. Kale and beet salad is different. It’s crunchy, fresh, and earthy, all at once. The salad includes a host of things that are good tasting and great for your body. If you’d like something in the carbohydrate category, some moist masala pear muffins would go nicely with the salad and main dish. The stuffed butternu

Dec 22, 2018
11 min

Early View: In the Christmas Kitchen

This menu is for December 25th--Christmas Day. I'm publishing it early in case you would like to consider it, or some of the items listed, as part of your Christmas menu. Christmas Salad Cranberry Salad Honey Wheat Rolls Ham Cinnamon Apples Coconut-Pecan Sweet Potato Bake Peas with Onions Green Bean Casserole Christmas Date Cake with Eggnog or Vanilla Ice Cream This menu is for a traditional Christmas dinner—nothing too “froufrou,” expensive, or complicated, and something si

Dec 21, 2018
4 min

In the Advent Kitchen -- December 21

Lettuce and Sliced Tomatoes Cabbage Ball Stew Irish Brown Bread Pear Cobbler Avoid a frantic dinner tonight and serve something simple, nourishing, and homey. Cabbage ball stew tastes like stuffed cabbage but is much simpler and uses easily available ingredients. Alongside the soup serve some lettuce topped with sliced tomatoes and drizzled with the dressing of your choice. If you’d like to serve bread with the stew, try Irish brown bread. It’s a not-to-sweet quick bread

Dec 17, 2018
5 min

In the Advent Kitchen -- December 17

Layered Salad Tilapia Baked in Mustard Sauce Egg Noodles Strawberry Muffins Simple Pear Dumplings We are indeed fortunate we have so much to eat. Start tonight’s meal with a layered salad you can prepare early in the day. The salad is beautiful in a clear glass bowl and includes lots of healthy vegetables. The economical tilapia takes five minutes to prepare and 15 minutes to bake. The fish goes well with egg noodles—try whole-wheat, if you’d like more fiber in your diet—t

Sep 12, 2018
2 min

Creamy Ginger-Pear Tarts with Hazelnuts

Pears are finally in season again, and they make wonderful fillings for pies and tarts. The recipe I'm offering you today--Ginger-Pear Tarts--is simple enough to make on a weeknight. The tarts are filled with juicy pears, studded with bits of crystallized ginger, and crowned with buttery hazelnuts. Rather than using fussy pie crusts or sweet cookie crumb crusts, the tarts start with refrigerated flaky biscuits as their base, which keeps them a bit lighter than the usual ta

Sep 7, 2018
2 min

Weekend Muffins: Spiced Pear

Weekends call for special baked treats like Spiced Pear Muffins. The muffins are easy and quick to mix up. They bake in less than 30 minutes, meaning you don't have to spend all day working on them. The muffins are low in fat, contain whole grains, and have plenty of warm spices in them for flavor. The pears contribute moisture and sweetness to the muffins, and walnuts add a nice crunch. Dusted with a little raw sugar before baking, the muffins look just as good as those

Sep 4, 2018
2 min

Date Night In: Pork Sirloin Chops with Pears and Blue Cheese

Why go out to dinner when you can have a better, less expensive meal at home? Okay, preparing a meal is a lot of work. Sometimes. But not with the recipe I'm offering you today. Pork Sirloin Chops with Pears and Blue Cheese is easy to put together, cooks in about 30 minutes, is economical, and, best of all, tastes amazingly good. The recipe has savory, tender pork, sweet pears, and salty, creamy blue cheese crumbles. You'll have plenty of sauce to accompany the pork an

Feb 21, 2018
1 min

End the Boredom: Pear and Pomegranate Salad

A few lettuce leaves plopped on a plate with some sliced tomatoes can be fine when you're in a hurry but can get boring when repeated day after day. Instead, why not try some different combinations and include fruit in your salads? A salad of chopped pears and pomegranate seeds is anything but boring. The sweet, creamy pears contrast well with the tart, juicy pomegranate seeds. Add some chopped green onions and crunchy carrot shreds and you have a salad with texture, tast

Feb 2, 2018
2 min

Winter Antidote: Goat Cheese and Pear Salad

Are you feeling a need to eat more green stuff in preparation for a big Super Bowl eat-fest? Or are you seeking something special for a winter meal? Opt for a goat cheese and pear salad. Rather than the tasteless, squishy, and expensive tomatoes that fill winter grocery shelves, this salad takes advantage of sweet, juicy pears and and easy-to-find celery and carrots for flavor, vitamins, and fiber. Earthy, pungent goat cheese combines with a slightly sweet dressing to giv

Jan 24, 2018
2 min

Midweek Meal Miracle: Pasta with Sausage, Pears, and Goat Cheese

Tonight's offering--Pasta with Sausage, Pears, and Goat Cheese--is a one-pot meal that tastes like something you could order in a fancy restaurant. First you saute inexpensive, low-fat Italian turkey sausage with sweet onions, then add chicken broth and pasta, which cook along with the sausage and onions. I use large tubular pasta--paccheri--but rigatoni or something similar would be just fine. When the pasta is barely soft and much of the liquid is gone, you add sweet, ri

Nov 13, 2017
2 min

Simple Hazelnut-Pear Muffins

This is pear season, so why not enjoy some fresh pears in a batch of simple, moist muffins? The pears are juicy and sweet on their own, so you don't need a huge amount of sugar in the muffins. After all, they're muffins, not cupcakes. When you bite into the muffins, you'll notice immediately that they're soft, fragrant with spices, and filled with juicy, ripe pears. Hazelnuts add a unique flavor and a nice crunch as well. I don't peel the pears, leaving them with benefic

Oct 19, 2017
2 min

Ginger Pear Clafoutis: An Easy, Inexpensive Fall Dessert

If you'd like to impress your guests or family without going to a lot of trouble or expense, make a Ginger Pear Clafoutis. A clafoutis is a baked custard dessert that became popular in France in the 19th Century and traditionally featured dark cherries. Nonetheless, many French cooks have substituted other fruits for the cherries depending on what they have had on hand--apples, pears, plums, and berries, for example. The non-cherry result is more properly called a flaugnar